Bouillon powders, from least to most processed

We track 12 bouillon powders, 25% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is chicken and vegetable broth powder.

What makes bouillon powders ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of bouillon powders that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 chicken and vegetable broth powder Honest and Good · 350g NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Vegetable broth and seasoning Seitenbacher · 5 oz NOVA group 1

Processed food (7)

  1. 3 Stock Powder beef Massel · 168g NOVA group 3
  2. 4 Vegeta Organic Gourmet Stock & Seasoning Vegeta NOVA group 3
  3. 5 Organic Vegetable Stock Cubes Kallø · 88g NOVA group 3
  4. 6 Vegan Bouillon powder Marigold · 150g NOVA group 3
  5. 7 Vegan Bouillon Instant Vegetable Stock Powder ORIGINAL Marigold · 500g NOVA group 3
  6. 8 Swiss Vegetable Vegan Bouillon Powder Mari Gold · 500g NOVA group 3
  7. 9 Vegan bouillon. Reduced salt Marigold · 150g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (3)

  1. 10 Vegan bouillon Marigold · 150 g NOVA group 4
  2. 11 Organic Swiss Vegetable Vegan Bouillon Powder Marigold · 140g NOVA group 4
  3. 12 Very Low Salt Organic Vegetable Stock Cubes Kallø · 60 g NOVA group 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.